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Our exhibition at Design Parade, @villanoailles. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial.
On view through the end of August.

Photo by @lucbrtrd by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at Design Parade, @villanoailles. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial.
On view through the end of August.

Photo by @lucbrtrd by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at Design Parade, @villanoailles. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial.
On view through the end of August.

Photo by @lucbrtrd by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at Design Parade, @villanoailles. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial .
On view through the end of August.

Photo by @lucbrtrd by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at Design Parade, @villanoailles. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial.
On view through the end of August.
Photo by @lucbrtrd by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at Design Parade, @villanoailles. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial.
On view through the end of August.
Photo by @lucbrtrd by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at @villanoailles opening today. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo

Convex Mirror Vase
In ancient Rome a round lens-shaped piece was cut out of the surface of a blown glass globe. This disc was coated with a lead on its reverse, creating a convex mirror. The reflection was distorted but fairly bright in appearance. This production technique was used for many hundreds of years. The Convex Mirror Vase narrates the production technique of the first glass mirrors. The vase was created from what remains after the disc for the mirror was removed and placed in the frame on the wall above it. by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at @villanoailles opening today. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo

The Secret Mirror
In the 15th century, workshops in Venice perfected the technique of making plate glass. The craftspeople were then moved to the island of Murano to keep the secret of their craft away from foreign spies. The guildsmen were sworn to uphold trade secrets on penalty of death. At this time mirrors were rare and valuable items—the cost of one Venetian mirror being comparable to the cost of a naval ship. The French king Louis XIV persuaded some artisans to come to Paris and share their knowledge. In the late 1600s, Gerolamo Barbini contributed to the realization of the Hall of Mirrors in Versailles. The Barbini family still crafts mirrors on Murano, and Front collaborated with them to make the Secret Mirror. by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at @villanoailles opening today. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo

Obsidian Mirror
The earliest known man-made mirror was made around 8,000 years ago out of polished obsidian, a volcanic stone. It was found in Çatalhöyük, Anatolia (Turkey). In dialogue with archaeologists from Cambridge University who led the excavations in Çatalhöyük, Front have replicated this first mirror from their archaeological drawing. shaping the obsidian stone by hand-chiping and grinding, polishing it with clay and water, using no modern tools. Front placed the small black mirror in a silver fitting, like a gemstone. by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at @villanoailles opens soon. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial by @frontdesign

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Our exhibition at @villanoailles opens soon. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial by @frontdesign

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4 months ago

Our exhibition at @villanoailles opens soon. Featuring works from Seven Stories About Mirrors for @galeriekreo and Geometriæ for @morosofficial by @frontdesign

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